Revealing complex aspects of compressive failure of polymer composites – Part I: Fiber kinking at microscale

The fact that complex simulation can be carried out at present days allows to go further to answer new questions in the compressive failure of polymer composites. A thorough understanding of fiber kinking is essential for the prediction of stiffness and strength of fiber reinforced composites. The goal of this paper is to give a deep understanding of some topics which are still unclear in the micro modeling of fiber kinking. Such are the kinking...